MotoGP™ rookie star Pedro Acosta has signed a new ‘multi-year’ deal that will see the young Spaniard back in orange at the KTM AG Factory Racing team for 2025! 🧡 Acosta, twice a world champion in the junior grand prix classes, has taken MotoGP by storm at the sister GASGAS Tech3 Racing squad this season. Starting this weekend’s Italian MotoGP sixth in the world championship as the top RC16 rider, with podiums in Portimao and COTA, Acosta will now move to the factory KTM team for 2025. ❝It was important to me to keep pushing with KTM, and to see the whole project and the story until now and how we have grown in racing. So, it’s nice to carry on for the future: getting in orange is like coming back home❞, Acosta said. KTM Motorsports Director Pit Beirer added: ❝It gives us great pleasure to announce this news. Pedro shows his speed and personality on the track, and it looks like this boy is winning a lot of new fans all around the globe.❞ Red Bull KTM team manager francesco guidotti hailed Acosta as a 'generational talent': ❝Pedro’s story is a rare one. We can almost call him a generational talent because of what he has achieved so far. It’s clear he is one of the hottest names in MotoGP now and for 2025 it will be interesting to see and work with him in a closer way.❞ With current Red Bull KTM rider Brad Binder already signed until 2026, Acosta should slot in alongside the South African, potentially at the expense of Jack Miller. Miller has said he is open to swapping places with Acosta and riding for Tech3, which also has factory-spec RC16s. #PedroAcosta #MotoGP #RedBullKTM #KTM #Racing #MotoGPRookie #FutureChampion #OrangeArmy #MotoGP2025 #RacingNews #469Motorsports
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🏁 Witnessed a stellar start to the MotoGP 2024 season with Jorge Martin dominating the Qatar Sprint from pole to victory at Prima Pramac Racing! 🏆🚀 Impressive defensive play by Martin fending off Brad Binder in second, while Aleix Espargaro secured the podium in third. 🥈🥉 Notable performances include Marc Marquez, who showcased his prowess in an admirable debut for Gresini Racing, finishing in fifth. Rising star Pedro Acosta secured the eighth spot, promising more excitement ahead! Ducati Pramac and Aprilia showcased their strategic prowess, utilizing the Sprint filter for an added edge in the competition. 🚦💨 Anticipating more thrilling moments and triumphs as the MotoGP season unfolds! 🏍️🌟 #MotoGP2024 #JorgeMartin #PramacRacing #Ducati #Aprilia #SprintRace 🏁 #motogpqatar #motogpindo #motogpzone #motogpgirls #motogpmalaysia #motogpargentina #motogpdoha #motogpbuzz #motogpsepang #motogplovers #motogpmania #motogpnews #motogprider #motogplegend #motogpfans #motogpindonesia #motogp2021 #motogp
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World Superbikes – Will Jonathan Rea Grab a Super 7th? The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series got underway (eventually) with the Daytona 500 on Monday. F1 2024 bursts into life next week. However, this weekend it’s the 2-wheel stars who take centre stage as the World Superbikes season launches at the famous Phillip Island Circuit in Australia. Unlike MotoGP, the bikes ridden in the WorldSBK competition are souped-up road-going models which can used by the general public. So, whereas MotoGP can be compared to Formula 1, i.e purpose build machines, WorldSBK in contrast is similar to sports car racing. #WorldSBK #WorldSuperbikes #JonathanRea #AlvaroBautista #MotoGP #Eurosport #PhillipIsland #Yahama #Ducati #Kawasaki #FIM https://lnkd.in/eX9euCqe
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Formula1 Vs MotoGP. A Team Oriented versus a Star Oriented championship. In search of the formula for success. Formula 1 and MotoGP represent the best of motorsport on 2 and 4 wheels. With 24 and 21 race weekends respectively, the two championships are a traveling promotional platform that over the course of 10 months touch some of the world’s most important markets. There are no other leagues comparable in geographical impact and frequency of events. Only the Olympics and World Cup enjoy the same prestige but the frequency is four years while the Champions Cup is a European phenomenon. What are the main differences between the two championships? The show. The two championships are profoundly different, offering a show at the antipodes in terms of the nature of the vehicles, the length of the races, and the simplicity (or complication in the case of F1) of the racing. The 45 minutes duration of MotoGP is ideal for keeping the audience’s attention high. The number and quality of overtakes ensure high tension at each event. The introduction of the sprint race on Saturday further enhanced these features by making MotoGP, if possible, even more engaging by producing content-rich weekends making the most of a potentially less interesting day. But there is more. And what is going to happen in the coming years…Aerodynamics in MotoGP and Tire Changes in Formula 1, are we really sure we need them? 👇 https://lnkd.in/ef4qUgsd #MotoGP #Formula1 #professionals
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Audiences booming in motorsport 💥 💣 🏍🇵🇹 MotoGP- Portuguese GP grows 41% compared to 2023 and 130.57% as compared to 2022. 📊Audiences of 75.9k in 2022; 123.61k in 2023; and 175k in 2024. 🏎🇦🇺 Formula 1 attracted 452,055 spectators to the four-day race weekend at Albert Park which translates in a 1.67% growth as compared to 2023 and 7.86% as compared to 2022. 📊Audiences of 419.11k in 2022; 444.63k in 2023; and 452.06k in 2024. The future looks good ✅
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Austin MotoGP 2024 - The ups and downs, winners and losers of Austin MotoGP 2024 at the Circuit of the Americas. Read more at the SBI FEED. #sbination
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Acosta stars, crazy aero - What we learned from MotoGP shakedown https://lnkd.in/eANvTGz3 The first major track action of the 2024 MotoGP season has come a little earlier this year - thanks to new concession rules that allowed for the three-day Sepang shakedown to be attended not just by factory test riders and rookies, but the actual race teams of struggling manufacturers Honda and Yamaha. And while the Malaysian outing was largely closed off to the media and with riders mostly (more on that later) not speaking about their experiences until the main three-day test early next week, there was still plenty to notice from trackside - and from the timing screens. Without the full grid, it’s of course still hard to piece together too much of what the season will look like - but that doesn't mean that there weren't still some interesting things on show. We always knew that rookie sensation Pedro Acosta was going to get on pace in MotoGP, given his remarkable progression through the ranks of Moto2 and Moto3 over the course of only three seasons. Ending the final day of the test fastest overall, he was only a tenth of a second away from the qualifying time set by top KTM racer Brad Binder at October’s race. Among the most noticeable things on show was KTM’s continuing aero push - and the lengths to which it's gone in hiding its various developments. Designed with the full might of partner Red Bull's F1 aero team, it’s quite obvious that there’s been an injection of new thinking (...).
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75 years: #MotoGP celebrates throughout 2024! 🏁 #sports #sportsmanagement #sportsnews #sportsbusiness #sportsjournalism #sportsmedia #sportssponsorship #sportsentertainment #indian #motorsports
75 years: #MotoGP celebrates throughout 2024! 🏁 The chequered flag at the 2023 finale saw MotoGP™ complete 75 full seasons of competition since the world’s most exciting sport was born in 1949. To mark the occasion in Valencia, we revealed the logo for the 75th anniversary that will now take centre stage as we celebrate throughout the 2024 season – which is now just around the corner. There will be more milestones along the way too, including the 75th anniversary of the very first race that counted towards the world championship classification – the 350cc race on the Isle of Man in 1949 – on the 13th of June. Then it’s the anniversary of the first premier class race, which was on the 17th of June 1949 🗓️ So as we get ready for the test ban to lift and engines to roar back into life for 2024, it's time to start celebrating! Head to our all-new 75th anniversary page 👉 https://lnkd.in/d5djXHDW to check out some of the best content from then and now, with plenty more to be added throughout the season. First stop: some of the biggest stats from across 75 years of incredible #racing, kicking off #MotoGP75 in style! 🏁 The Grands Prix We celebrated #GP1000 at Le Mans in 2023, so by the start of 2024, there have been 1015 #GrandsPrix staged since the start of the World Championship in 1949, comprising 3371 races for solo classes. 🏆 The Champions 126 riders have become World Champions – many more than once. The rider with most world titles is Giacomo Agostini with 15, followed by Angel Nieto (12 + 1), Mike Hailwood (9), Valentino Rossi (9) and Carlo Ubbiali (9). Another name could add theirs in 2024: Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) has eight Championships on the way in… 🥇 The Winners 399 riders have won Grands Prix in solo classes – so reaching 400 in 2024 seems not only plausible or possible, but likely. The most recent maiden GP winner is Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) after his #Moto3 victory at Sepang. 🏍️ The Manufacturers Honda is the most successful manufacturer in Grand Prix racing (solo classes) with 821 wins followed by Yamaha (520), Aprilia (297), MV Agusta (275) and Kalex (176). 🌍 The Countries 30 nationalities have won solo Grand Prix races. Italy has the most wins, 888, followed by Spain on 722. 30 countries have staged Grands Prix too. The most recent country to debut on the calendar is India, with Buddh International Circuit welcoming MotoGP™ for the first time in 2023. 2024 sees Kazakhstan set to become country 31! Throughout pre-season we’ll take a deeper dive into some of those numbers, so stay tuned for more as we look back on an incredible legacy and look forward to a record-breaking 2024 calendar just around the corner! ✊💨
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10 things we learned from the 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - https://lnkd.in/gnw3MNtT Was the final result of the Japanese Grand Prix predictable? Ultimately, yes, but how this year's Formula 1 race at Suzuka unravelled wasn't entirely typical thanks to the variance in strategies across the field. Max Verstappen chalked up a third win as he embarks upon a seemingly inevitable march towards a fourth title, but the action behind proved intriguing as pitstops defined the cut-and-thrust of the weekend's action. With a little over six months between last year's race in Japan and this year's round, it was a prime opportunity to determine the progress made from the end of 2023. Among the other stories, there was also a successful homecoming, ever-escalating repair bills in one corner of the field, and discussions over a previous favourite returning to the grid. Here are the key things that we learned from this year's Japanese GP weekend. 1. Verstappen barely broke a sweat as Red Bull reclaimed form Three wins from four and this time Verstappen made it look easy Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images 'Just' 12 seconds separated Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the chequered flag at Suzuka. After an off weekend in Australia, the Milton Keynes squad resumed its stranglehold over the 2024 order with a controlled race at powertrain supplier Honda's home race. Both drivers sang from the same strategic hymn sheet too, opting to open the race with two medium-tyre stints before bringing it home on the hard tyres. Although tyre wear was high, both drivers managed their races well. Perez admitted that he'd perhaps over-consumed tyre life in the opening pair of stints on the yellow-walled tyre, but this did not prove too detrimental to his fortunes over the course of the race. After dropping the ball in Australia as Red Bull struggled to contend with the higher level of graining prevalent throughout, an out-and-out degradation race continues to be the team's bread and butter. The only minor moment of conflict, if you can generously call it as such, was Verstappen's note on the radio about front-wing level. Race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase had suggested that carrying less front wing would help his RB20 counter oversteer when the fuel started to burn off, but Verstappen wanted more wing dialled in at the start. The championship leader then conceded that he might have been off in his estimations - Lambiase dryly replying that “I won't say I told you so, but understood.". “We had, not an argument, but he said, ‘are you sure you want to do this?’ I was pretty sure and it turned out to be wrong!” Verstappen revealed after the race. “But he was right.” 2. There's merit to strategic variance as tactical battle ensues Leclerc made a one-stop plan work to climb the order Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images High levels of tyre degradation at the technical S
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Putting the rest of the MotoGP puzzle together. In what has been undoubtedly the most manic rider market in perhaps even the history of MotoGP, there are still a handful of spots left to fill. These seats are namely at Trackhouse Aprilia, LCR Honda and Pramac (who make the switch to Yamaha). Though it is yet to be officially, announced, Fermin Aledguir is a Gresini rider in all but confirmation. While Miguel Oliveira seems to be the odds-on bet for the lead seat at Pramac, there isn’t a clear indicator of who will partner the Portuguese rider. It was speculated that either Alonso Lopez or Sergio Garcia could make the step up from Moto2. Both riders have had strong Moto2 campaigns thus far. There have been flashes of brilliance from Lopez, whilst Garcia has been the dark horse of Moto2 this year, the Spaniard currently a top the Moto2 standings. However, it has been reported by Motorsport.com’s Dutch site that the title sponsor of Pramac, Prima, wants neither Lopez nor Garcia on their bikes next season. This is reportedly due to the company wanting an Italian rider to fill at least one of the vacant spots. Tony Arbolino’s name has been thrown into the ring as a potential candidate for stepping onto the satellite Yamaha next year. Despite a difficult season, that has yielded the best of a 6th thus far, the Italian may have to find an increase in form to get his name on the dotted line. Another struggling rider in potential contention for the second Pramac seat is Jack Miller. The four-time race winner has had a bruising second season in orange, so much so that he was dropped in favour of rookie Acosta before the midway point of the year. Though Miller had previously stated that he hadn’t had a single offer, it was rumoured that Ducati had offered him Alvaro Bautista’s World Superbike seat. With still no confirmation of plans for next year from Bautista, a return to red could be an option for the Australian. Remy Gardner has also been linked to moving into the Pramac outfit, in what would be a return to the GP paddock. The Australian has been looking like the strongest Yamaha rider in World Superbikes this season, stepping onto the podium back in Assen. Gardner has made two GP appearances already this season, filling in for Alex Rins in Germany before taking over an injured Cal Crutchlow’s spot at the British GP. So, with at least some experience of the M1, Gardner could be a solid option for a second rider. It’s not just Pramac that has a spot that needs filling, as Trackhouse Aprilia are still searching for a rider to partner Raul Fernandez next season. After a pretty stellar start to his campaign, the smart money would have been on American Joe Roberts, seeing that it is an American-owned team...... https://lnkd.in/emetN2r8
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